William Henry West (1913 - abt. 2000)

Born 24 Jun 1913 in Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died about May 2000 at about age 86 in Maidstone, Kent, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

William West was born in Chatham, Kent, England.

Birth

William Henry West was born 24 June 1913^[1] in Chatham, Kent and christened 3 July 1913 at St Paul's in Chatham^[2]. He was the son of Walter West and Eleanor Taylor.

He was known as Bill to all his siblings.

Residences

• Bill was living at 10 Castle Road in Chatham, Kent on his christening in 1913^[2].
• He was living at 21 Sturla Road when his brother, Alfred, was christened^[3] in 1914.
• He moved to Dunfermline, Scotland in 1916 with his parents and 2 siblings when his father transferred to Royal Naval Dockyard Rosyth^[4].
• He was living at 5 Bruce Street in Dunfermline, Fife when his brother, Walter, was born^[5].
• He returned to Chatham in 1926 when his father was transferred back to Chatham Dockyard^[6].

Bill West served in the Royal West Kent Regiment and during the war he was blockaded in Malta where he met his first wife Rita.  The island was on the point of starvation when it was relieved and when Bill came home his mother had to feed him with a dropper because he was so ill^[7].

Marriage

Bill married Maria Rita Felice (1918 - 1992) in Malta^[7]. They had 2 daughters.

Occupation

Death

Bill died about May 2000 in Maidstone, Kent^[1].

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "England & Wales General Register Office: GRO death index records" [database], GRO (GRO Online Index Search : viewed 10 Nov 2020), entry for West, William Henry (Year of Birth: 1913), GRO Reference:  DOR  Q2/2000 in Maidstone  (5691B)  Reg B73C  Entry Number 37
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} St Paul's (Chatham, Kent), Register of baptisms, 1905-1914, vol. P85C/1/6, p. 274, Baptism of William Henry West (1913); Medway Archives Centre, Strood, Kent
3. ↑ "Medway Council Heritage Services online catalogues" [Digital Images of Historical Documents], CityArk (Register of Baptisms file : viewed 8 Nov 2020), St Paul's (Chatham, Kent), Register of baptisms, 1914-1923, vol. P85C/1/7, p. 32, Baptism of Alfred Albert West (1914); Medway Archives Centre, Strood, Kent, England
4. ↑ Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, Entry for Walter Henry West employed at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland until 27 Mar 1926; from Dockyard Employee Books, database and images (accessed 3 Nov 2020); citing Fife Collections Centre; Reference Number: 3; Rosyth Dockyard Employee Books, Fife Library and Archives Services, Fife, Scotland
5. ↑ "National Records of Scotland: Statutory Registers of Births", [digital images], Scotland's People (Statutory Registers of Births : accessed 14 January 2020), entry for Walter Thomas Fairfax West, 18 Jul 1917, Reference: 424/552, District of Dumfermline in the County of Fife; National Records of Scotland, Scottish Government, Scotland
6. ↑ "Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967" [database], Ancestry.com, Entry for Walter Henry West employed at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland until 27 Mar 1926; from Dockyard Employee Books, database and images (accessed 3 Nov 2020); citing Fife Collections Centre; Reference Number: 3; Rosyth Dockyard Employee Books, Fife Library and Archives Services, Fife, Scotland
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Bill West, Personal recollection, 16 Sep 2007, by Jean Felton